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"We have essentially no patents in SpaceX. Our primary long-term competition is in China," said Musk in the interview. "If we published patents, it would be far
by chrisbennet 12y ago
"We have essentially no patents in SpaceX. Our primary long-term competition is in China," said Musk in the interview. "If we published patents, it would be farcical, because the Chinese would just use them as a recipe book."
Perhaps Tesla relies on trade secrecy as well?
- omegant 12y agoIt´s easier to keep a rocket under trade secrecy than a car that can be disassembled and copied as soon as you got your hands on it.